Breed to Breathe is an EP by English extreme metal band Napalm Death, released in 1997 through Earache on CD.[4]

Breed to Breathe
EP by
Released17 November 1997 (1997-11-17)
Recorded1997 (1997)
StudioFramework Studios, Lincoln, England
Genre
Length19:02
LabelEarache
ProducerColin Richardson
Napalm Death chronology
Inside the Torn Apart
(1997)
Breed to Breathe
(1997)
Bootlegged in Japan
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]
In Music We TrustFavorable[3]

Release

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The album is printed as CD Extra and contains a data track which features the video clip for the song "Breed to Breathe" and other band-related content such as a discography and a band history.[3] Due to the depiction of graphic material the video clip prompted the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft, the German motion picture rating system organization, to ban it in Germany and even to obtain a court decision that declared the clip illegal.[5] Many media around the world also refused to feature the clip.[6]

Both bands that deliver a Napalm Death song on the sixth track are winners of a demo cover version competition[7] that Napalm Death had launched in summer 1997 and limited to bands without a recording contract.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Breed to Breathe"Shane EmburyEmbury3:15
2."All Intensive Purposes"Mitch HarrisHarris3:23
3."Stranger Now"EmburyHarris, Embury3:47
4."Bled Dry"EmburyJesse Pintado2:21
5."Time Will Come"EmburyHarris3:22
US release
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
6."Greed Killing" (Performed by Impending Doom)Embury, HarrisHarris2:54
European release
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
6."Suffer the Children" (Performed by Fatality)Mark GreenwayHarris4:34

Personnel

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Napalm Death

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Technical personnel

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  • Colin Richardson – production
  • Paul Siddens – recording
  • Andy Sneap – mixing
  • Tony Wooliscroft – band photograph
  • Antz White – design, layout
  • Graham Humphreys – design, layout
  • Scalp – multimedia construction

References

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  1. ^ Bromley, Adrian (5 February 1997). "Napalm Death - Breed To Breathe". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ a b Ollie (March 1998). "Napalm Death - Breed to Breathe EP". In Music We Trust. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Napalm Death 'Breed to Breathe'". Earache.com. Earache. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  5. ^ Pearson, Digby (27 December 2009). "Napalm Death 'Breed to Breathe' clip is illegal in Germany". Ask Earache. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  6. ^ Pearson, Digby (24 January 2011). "Napalm Death - 'Inside the Torn Apart/Words from the Exit Wound/Breed to Breathe' 3CD box set available tomorrow in North America". Earache News. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  7. ^ Breed to Breathe (back cover). Napalm Death. Nottingham, England: Earache. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Christe, Ian (August 1997). "Riffs". CMJ New Music Monthly (48). Great Neck, New York: College Media: 48. ISSN 1074-6978. Retrieved 16 January 2016.